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GSA reopens E-Travel procurement
The General Services Administration will reopen the solicitation for its E-Travel initiative rather than defend its actions to the General Accounting Office.<br>
Modernization
Army signs BPA with InterNetwork
The company will sell wireless equipment and related services under the blanket purchase agreement.
Digital Government
Feds give $44 million for rural broadband
The Agriculture Department announced grants for 118 projects.
People
DOD gives workers electronic access to pay info
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service has launched Newswire, a service to deliver information about pay, finance and accounting matters to Defense Department employees’ e-mail accounts.<@SM>
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Army IT office takes over six programs
The Army's top information technology program office has assumed control of initiatives for the Army National Guard, Reserve and Defense Department.
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Forman joins autonomic computing firm
The former federal e-government leader will head worldwide services for a new software company
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Guard, Reserves to combine networks
The Army will manage GuardNet and ARNet as one enterprise.
People
DHS takes over visas from State
Congress has mandated that the Homeland Security Department control visa policy.
People
Researchers still defending terror program
Congress throttled Terrorism Information Awareness but the project's backers continue to tout its usefulness.
Digital Government
Arkansas launches insurance portal
The state is building a system to let state and public school employees go online to manage their health care and life insurance plans
Acquisition
CSC rakes in more BPA bucks than expected
The company has more than doubled its original estimate for the value of a blanket purchase agreement with an unidentified intelligence customer.
Acquisition
Impact gets federal windfall
Federal agencies have recently sent more than $70 million in business to Impact Innovations Group
People
Defense IT achievements honored
Three teams and three individuals won Chief Information Officer Awards.
People
eGov positives not sold well, Deloitte says
Governments measure internal cost savings from IT, but a poor job in conveying e-gov's benefits to businesses and citizens, declares Deloitte Research.
Digital Government
StillSecure streamlines vulnerability repair
Web-based software automates scanning, creates reports
People
CSC gets $1.1 billion simulator deal
The 20-year contract covers computer simulators for the Army helicopter forces.
People
Congress keeps DOD tech spending flat
Concerned about the Pentagon's oversight of technology spending, the House and Senate agreed last week to cut $200 million from the Defense Department's proposed budget for information technology in fiscal 2004.
Digital Government